New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-23

IL has not yet been SHOWN Ihe hPu'uu'
extremely expensive undertaking anyway ana enc
outlay should not be needlessly increased Inc
argument that members OF the commission could
earn moro in their private professions than In their
public capacity is far from convincing
IL the policeman who 80 brutally beat young
,;rtmmond 70 be punished? This is question
which il seems necessary to put with some en-
phasis for Justice Powers, before whom the case
came, appears TO have shown an unaccounlaoie
apathy about it. AS it is unquestionaDy one VI
the most wanton and rufiianly police ou'rases on
record there ought not to have been any delay IN
dcolino with t. IL the officer is not held for
trial the general opinion Will be that second
outrage has been committed.
Mr. Gladstone may be ostraciSed ny Lohaoh
society. but he has a good many friends OUTSIDE
the drawing rooms. lie has been "boycotVed
many times in his hfe by the British aTistocracy
hut has survived all the vicssitudes OF POD
snappery.
10 old merchant: In response to your question
wo would say that the LARGEST dealer In
wool in the United States Is probably
David B. Hnl. of this State Lato ana
carly he can be found endcayorlnS 70 pun
vast quantity OF this staple over tho eyes OF tho
voters of New-York He must have consumed
ottcmuts IL is a branch OF business in which he
docs not succeed but he keeps at 1t and doubtless
buys all the wool he can lay his hands on.
~ there Is any basis for the indefinite rumors
about blaclImail in connections with The electric
light franchises let it be brought out. An oppor-
tunity was afforded on Thursday Tor any ono
having facts in his possession to disclose Them
But no facts were forthcoming. VAGUE talk on
such a matter doesn't amount to much.
Judge Muller OF the Court of Claims has been
actively working to pass The Dill Inc plh
alluded to Is one giving Judge Mullcr's court the
right to reverse the decision of the Court OF
Appeals in certain cases. Such use or Judiciai
authority is not only in the worst possible taste
but IL Is a perversion Of tho power Of the bench
that no high-minded Judge would stoop To-
The Whitehall Times credits an article to
The New-YorlS Times (RepJ' II our Whitehall
| contemporary is accustomed TO refer TO "Ihe New
York Times" as Republican there is no reason why
II should not refer TO Bismarck as Frenchman
Professor Wilcys report on adultoraion de-
serves closer stud, than 1t likely to get. lie does
not show that there many what may be called
numerous sophlstications in the market, but no
does show that adultcration is so common in re-
gard to long line of goods as to be almost
general and that edibles and drinlIablcs are among
the things most extravagantly doctored. or
course the prevalence of this kind OF fraud indl-
Gates q low condition Of morals somewhere, and II
Il were possible TO strike balance exactly, per-
haIs neither manufacturers nor merchants nor re-
tail traders nor consumers would altogether escape
condemnation. Whether we ought TO be thankful
that posons are not used in adulteration Is
question not to be too hastily answered the more
especially since the OF this clemency probably
is the superior oeapness OF the less harmful
adutcrants.
Alderman Moneys powerful lungs and President
Beekmans well-but gayel entered competitive
examination on Friday. The gavcl won The first
prize ar or several closely contested rounds.
Unsuspccting and unprotected American tourists